Children of Domestic Violence Are Starting to Get the Attention They Deserve
Children of Domestic Violence Are Starting to Get the Attention They Deserve
1888 Press Release There are many reasons people stay in abusive or violent relationships, but for children, the reason is often that they have no choice. A few organizations, including Children of Domestic Violence
CDV.org and A Community for Peace, are calling attention to the impacts that domestic violence has on children, including those that last well into adulthood.
Domestic violence has been getting a lot of attention in the media, partially thanks to the designation of
October as Domestic Violence Awareness Month but primarily because domestic violence is a social epidemic that we must put a stop to. There are many reasons people stay in abusive or violent relationships, but for children, the reason is often that they have no choice. Organizations, including Children of Domestic
Violence http://www.cdv.org and A Community for Peace, are calling attention to the impacts that domestic violence has on children, including those that last well into adulthood.
Domestic Violence Programs Must Address What Happens When You Grow Up Living With It
Domestic violence isn't simply a matter of an angry or abusive person and a partner who stays with them, as some would like to believe.
More often than not, there are children in the home who are affected even more strongly than the adults who are directly involved, even if the children are never physically abused.
Clearly, children in this situation would be insecure, sad, and angry. In addition to the feelings they have for the adults involved, they are being denied the basic human right of having a safe place to live. It follows that adults who lived with domestic violence as children are often resentful.
What isn't so well understood, though, are the other affects of this form of childhood trauma. Even if no one blames the child for what is happening, children worry that the problem is somehow their
1888 Press Release There are many reasons people stay in abusive or violent relationships, but for children, the reason is often that they have no choice. A few organizations, including Children of Domestic Violence
CDV.org and A Community for Peace, are calling attention to the impacts that domestic violence has on children, including those that last well into adulthood.
Domestic violence has been getting a lot of attention in the media, partially thanks to the designation of
October as Domestic Violence Awareness Month but primarily because domestic violence is a social epidemic that we must put a stop to. There are many reasons people stay in abusive or violent relationships, but for children, the reason is often that they have no choice. Organizations, including Children of Domestic
Violence http://www.cdv.org and A Community for Peace, are calling attention to the impacts that domestic violence has on children, including those that last well into adulthood.
Domestic Violence Programs Must Address What Happens When You Grow Up Living With It
Domestic violence isn't simply a matter of an angry or abusive person and a partner who stays with them, as some would like to believe.
More often than not, there are children in the home who are affected even more strongly than the adults who are directly involved, even if the children are never physically abused.
Clearly, children in this situation would be insecure, sad, and angry. In addition to the feelings they have for the adults involved, they are being denied the basic human right of having a safe place to live. It follows that adults who lived with domestic violence as children are often resentful.
What isn't so well understood, though, are the other affects of this form of childhood trauma. Even if no one blames the child for what is happening, children worry that the problem is somehow their